{"id":298264,"date":"2017-03-01T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298264"},"modified":"2017-03-01T18:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T18:16:38","slug":"40-footer-container-falls-off-circle-interchange-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/40-footer-container-falls-off-circle-interchange-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"40-footer container falls off Circle interchange [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
A truck carrying a 40-footer container, has toppled over the guard rails of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange in Accra, destroying some vehicles beneath the overpass.<\/p>\n
The incident happened at about 5:00pm Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s Philip Nii Lartey reported that, the container fell on two empty 207 sprinter buses parked close to the Royal VVIP bus station.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The trailer, which appears to be carrying bags of sugar, was moving from the Ringroad side of the stretch toward Kaneshie when the incident happened.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n According to eyewitnesses, the driver appeared to have lost control of the vehicle whose container had lost balance as it drove on the overpass.<\/p>\n Officials of the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Ambulance Service and the National Road Safety, are currently at the scene to maintain order.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the badly mangled 207 buses have been towed from the scene. Efforts were also underway to move the trailer off the road.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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